Chip Kelly dove into a pool of ice water as part of the Eagles doing the ALS ice bucket thing. Sorry, that’s not a bucket. Awareness has not been raised. I am less aware than I was before. Nice dive, though.

— Steelers tackle Marcus Gilbert: recipient of a six-year, $30.8 million extension. With Maurkice Pouncey having received an extension earlier this off-season, Pittsburgh has locked down the core of their middling-to-crappy offensive line for years.

— Santonio Holmes’ one-year deal with the Bears is for the veteran minimum. Don’t worry, the contract is loaded with Internet dong pic incentives.

It certainly is because of his public perception and not because you have a veteran who knows the playbook and has the backing of his teammates versus a very raw rookie who is still at the point of one read, run. She is the beat writer, so she knows.

I can’t be sure from the article, (which seems to have been written in another langauge and then translated to English), but is Ditka longing for the days when women knew their place and the blacks had separate toilets?

This is a man who believes that if had been courted, seduced, and ultimately chosen by the Illinois GOP in 2004, he could have beaten Barack Obama in the Senate race that year and saved America from the evils of BenGHAzZI!!!!!!!!!! etc.
The union hasn’t seen a martyr/savior complex this intense or delusional since George fucking McClellan.

Excellent point, and the inspiration for my KSK handle would never have occurred! McClellan was not a selfish man – not only were many, nay most, of his endeavors historic examples of a heady combination of hubris and futility, but he created opportunities for the same in others. He was a real giver.
God bless you, George McClellan! (first time those words have been uttered)

Guys, I don’t know why we’re all discussing the Redskins name issue so much. I heard that some guy worked on a bunch of reservations and, this might come as a shock to you PC Police, it turns out that Native Americans actually have other problems even more significant than this. So why do all the Native American representatives with any sort of voice spend all their time running up and down city streets and screaming at good, respectful (read: white) citizens about this non-issue when they could be doing more important things? It’s baffling to me. So many problems to be addressed and injustices to be righted, and I can’t even get the paper in the morning without an influential Native American grabbing me by the shoulders, shaking me, and asking what I’ve done personally to change the name.

@Electric Mayhem, gah shit I knew I forgot something. How about this format?

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I don’t want to blame Obama, but…

It has the added benefit of making the comment even more nonsensical and insane.

Was he ever coherent? I mean, there has to have been some point between being the Bears coach and the lunatic who flamed out in New Orleans where he fell off the trolley, right? Or was he just carried the entire way by Ryan and other assistants?

@Dired He was a great tight end during his playing days, he was a good position coach, when he was a head coach with the Bears he benefited from a phenomenally talented team and good assistant and position coaches. His cultural awareness and logical thought process stops at that. Also CTE.

Wait, the ALS stuff is for Steve Gleason? I thought this was for Lou Gehrig. I’ve been reading his biography and I just got to the part where he is diagnosed with the disease. Man, I hope he pulls through.